Monthly Archives: August 2018

The Source Poetry by its very nature depends upon the experiences of individuals; the pain, anguish or delirious joy of a moment in time that can be captured and immortalized in the written or spoken word. Throughout history, poets give voice to...

What to Expect Sometimes the image or perception of something is stronger than the actual reality. Perhaps that has been the case with Australia and the arts. The first thought that comes to many people’s mind when they think of this incredible...

The Culture Indigenous people exist all around the world and can be classified as those races who inhabited a land before the colonization of it occurred. Perhaps the group most familiar to people is the Native Americans, who were the original...

Old School Alexander Pushkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Romantic era and is certainly one of Russia’s most notable. Born in 1799 in Moscow he sadly only lived to be 37 years old following a fatal injury in a duel! From...

Early Influences If you do not speak a particular language it is perhaps difficult to appreciate the significance of any of the literary works that have come from a certain country or culture. For most of us such is the case with the work of...

The Men When thinking of Scotland and poetry it is likely that the name Robert Burns springs to mind. Certainly, he has become synonymous with all things Scottish and is widely regarded as the national poet of the country. Born in Dumfries in...